MANIFOLD CE (VC) PRIMARY SCHOOL HEDGEHOG’S CLASS Year 1 SUMMER TERM 2014

Special notes about this term’s work:
Class Visit to be confirmed.
MANIFOLD CE (VC) PRIMARY SCHOOL
Learning to Love
Loving to Learn
HEDGEHOG’S CLASS
Year 1
SUMMER TERM 2014
How you can help your child this term:
This term’s topic is:
Please hear your child read at home and talk about the
story or information content.
Encourage your child to bring in information or objects
related to our topic.
Please support your child to learn their spellings and sight
words.
Continue to support your child with reading, as parents who can
show an interest in their child’s work really do make a difference.
Kings and Queens
What we will be learning this term
Geography
Linked to History topic –
where are the Queen’s
homes?
Linked to Science topic –
different habitats of
animals.
P.E.
Swimming.
Ball skills, throwing,
catching, bouncing.
Games skills, passing,
jumping, taking turns.
Practise for Sports Day
events.
SCFC Sports Coaching.
History
Investigate life and
times of Queen
Elizabeth II.
Timeline of monarchy in
British history.
Music
Specialist Music Teacher covers
percussion, singing, rhythm and
beat.
Maths
Multiples of 2,5,10 within the 2,5,10 times table.
Solving 2 step problems with real life contexts.
Use diagrams, pictograms, block graphs, lists and
tables to present collected data.
Follow and give instructions involving position,
direction and movement.
Literacy
To write about fantasy worlds.
To use poems with pattern and rhyme to
investigate rhyming words.
Letters and sounds – daily phonics to support
reading and spelling skills.
To write clues about an animal or object.
Weekly spelling.
Art/D&T
Choose materials to make crowns.
Design a coat of arms for my family.
Explore some royal family portrait artists.
Create own portraits.
Design clay butterflies.
Plant and care for a variety of plants and
vegetables.
R.E
Why did Jesus tell stories?
What are good rules and choices?
I.C.T.
Use software and the
internet to find out
information to support our
topics.
Science
Look at a range of living things to
investigate how they grow.
Carry out experiments with
various plants, fruit and
vegetables.
Identify and name common
animals, birds, mammals,
reptiles, fish. Link to geography
topic habitats.